This is the most comprehensive study ever attempted of a vast and important subject: the modern era of American photography from the mid-1880s to the present. Lavishly illustrated, and printed to the highest technical standards in both tritone and full color, this authoritative volume presents a new perspective on the history of American photography that will be of interest to general audiences and scholars alike. Based in large part on photography's own literature, and supplemented with detailed source notes, it emphasizes ...
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This is the most comprehensive study ever attempted of a vast and important subject: the modern era of American photography from the mid-1880s to the present. Lavishly illustrated, and printed to the highest technical standards in both tritone and full color, this authoritative volume presents a new perspective on the history of American photography that will be of interest to general audiences and scholars alike. Based in large part on photography's own literature, and supplemented with detailed source notes, it emphasizes the relationships between artists and aesthetic movements, and the intellectual and cultural climate in which photographers work. "An American Century of Photography" is an introduction to, and an original exploration of, the most vital age of American photography, which began just over a century ago with the advent of the dry-plate technology and the hand camera. Now, at the turn of the twenty-first century, photography is in the midst of another major technological change, one brought on by the impact of the computer. This remarkable evolution is documented here through a detailed discussion of important artists, images, and ideas. Accompanying the definitive text are state-of-the -art reproductions of 499 works, ranging from such iconic photographs as Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" to a host of previously little-known or unpublished images. The variety of the selection greatly expands our understanding of the complexities and riches of American photography form the late nineteenth century to the present.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Pages are very clean and bright with markings. Binding is tight and square. Minor shleving wear to the lower coverboard edges, Dj is now protected by a mylar cover.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Second revised edition, 1999, hardcover, quarto, 590pp., illustrated in b&w and color. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with mild rubbing. THIS LARGE, HEAVY BOOK WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES.
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VG. Few soil marks to cover, light bumping to bottom corner. Clean and tight contents. Royal blue cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover. 590 pp. 499 BW & color illustrations. The Hallmark Photographic Collection began in 1964 with an acquisition of 141 prints. It has now grown to nearly 4, 000. "In addition to its function as a source of in-house creative inspiration, the Hallmark Photographic Collection has a viatally important public purpose. We are interested in adding a unique cultural asset to our community, the greater Kansas City area, where Hallmark Cards was founded in 1910." (foreword). 499 of the best photographs are featured here. Approached chronologically, with essays documenting the times.
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Like New in Fine jacket. Size: 12x9x2; Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. In 1964 the Hallmark corporation established its photography collection--the first corporate collection of its kind--with the purchase of more than 100 prints by Harry Callahan. The company's acquisitive pace never slowed: they currently own about 4, 000 prints. The scope of the work is dizzying--name a photographer, and you'll likely find an excellent example of his or her work here. Strand, Modotti, Hine, Arbus, Wegman, Mapplethorpe, and Mann are just a small number of the photographers who represent the breadth and depth of this group of images. The book itself is as colossal as its title would indicate. Keith Davis, the director of Hallmark's fine-art programs, has written a meaty if occasionally dry history of the medium to accompany and illuminate the nearly 500 photos. Most of the images, from Henry Cady's late-19th-century shots of his family to Irving Penn's Duke Ellington and Bruce Davidson's gang kids, are black and white. But Sandy Skoglund's surreal Fox Games and Larry Burrows's painful Reaching Out are skillfully reproduced to maintain their lush color saturation. Look for the collection at an exhibition that tours the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the Seattle Art Museum, the Denver Art Museum, and other venues from 1999 to 2002.
